Cultivating discourse: The social construction of agricultural legislation

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 142-164

  Dixon, Deborah P ^a   Hapke, Holly M ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse; Social construction; U.S. agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; LEGISLATION; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 1442358336     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8306.93110     Document Type: Article

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